Financial Times Ranks Thomas Lauria as a Leading Innovative Lawyer; Singles out White & Case as a Top Innovator in 5 Practice Areas
December 1, 2010, Financial Times

Financial Times named White & Case partner Thomas Lauria among its select list of "Great legal minds deliver creative solutions" in its inaugural "FT US Innovative Lawyers" report. Lauria was singled out for his leading roles advising an investment group seeking to buy the Texas Rangers baseball team from bankruptcy, as lead counsel to a group of subordinated creditors that won ownership of Six Flags Inc. following the company’s bankruptcy and his representation of a group of creditors who opposed the US government's section 363 sale of Chrysler.

In addition to Lauria, White & Case was recognized as one of the most innovative US firms in five practice areas: 

• Pro Bono, for representing Log Cabin Republicans in its successful challenge to the constitutionality of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." 
• Restructuring, for advising the junior lenders in the restructuring of Six Flags Inc. 
• Mergers & Acquisitions, for advising Pilot Travel Centers in its purchase of Flying V from bankruptcy. 
• Litigation, for representing Stolt-Nielsen in a US Supreme Court victory. 
• Financial Services, for advising on the financing of CF Industries Holdings' acquisition of Terra Industries.

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